[Pre-Read] Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue [1981/2007] Pls read Chapters 14-19

Meetup 3 of 3 for our discussion of the 17th most-cited philosophical text of the 20th-Century: Alasdair Macintyre's After Virtue [1981/1984/2007]

From Wikipedia:
MacIntyre holds that After Virtue makes seven central claims.[1] It begins with an allegory suggestive of the premise of the science-fiction novel A Canticle for Leibowitz: a world where all sciences have been dismantled quickly and almost entirely. MacIntyre asks what the sciences would look like if they were re-assembled from the remnants of scientific knowledge that survived the catastrophe.

He claims that the new sciences, though superficially similar to the old, would in fact be devoid of real scientific content, because the key suppositions and attitudes would not be present. "The hypothesis which I wish to advance", he continues, "is that in the actual world which we inhabit the language of morality is in the same state of grave disorder as the language of natural science in the imaginary world which I described."[2] Specifically, MacIntyre applies this hypothesis to advance the notion that the moral structures that emerged from the Enlightenment were philosophically doomed from the start because they were formed using the aforementioned incoherent language of morality.

How we will discuss After Virtue
Markup your text of the assignment with questions, comments, counterpoints, etc. We will solicit your remarks on After Virtue sequentially. Our goal is to benefit from our discussions of the whole of After Virtue over three sessions during Sept-Oct 2023.

Schedule of readings (please read and annotate your text):
Sep 10, 2023: MacIntyre, After Virtue [2007] 1/3 -Ch 1-7 +Prologue/Preface
Sep 24, 2023: MacIntyre, After Virtue [2007] 2/3 -Ch 8-13
Oct 8, 2023: MacIntyre, After Virtue [2007] 3/3 -Ch 14-19

Edition (available from libraries or online):
After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory. Third Edition. Alasdair MacIntyre. Notre Dame University Press, 2007. [ISBN: 9780268035044]/ Used: $22+
.....Bloomsbury, 2013 [ISBN: 9781780936253]
After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory. 2nd Edition. Alasdair MacIntyre. Notre Dame University Press, 1984. [ISBN: 9780268006112]/ Used: $9+

Here is a free PDF Version

Join us online via Zoom. [new, one-time-only URL, Oct 8, 2023]
After you RSVP, the link will be available.

Any attendees who have not read the text will be invited to pose questions via the Zoom Chat.

Videos on Alasdair MacIntyre [increase playback speed as desired]:
By Dr. Richard Feist, St Paul Univ., MacIntyre, After Virtue, (1-2) 33-mins.
By Dr. Laurie Johnson, The Maurin Academy. Introduction to Alasdair MacIntyre and After Virtue (1-9) 15-28 mins ea.
The Moral Problems of Liberalism: Alasdair MacIntyre Explained 10-mins.
and others suggested by you!

Recent article by MacIntyre:
"On Having Survived the Academic Moral Philosophy of the 20th Century"

The Nation article from May 2023 by George Scialabba:
MacIntyre versus Rorty

Our 2023 Schedule (subject to change):
Nov-Dec 2023: Sarah Bakewell, Humanly Possible [2023] 1/3

Classics book group lead by David and Lindsie:
https://www.meetup.com/letsreadclassics/